Month: October 2008

25 Articles

Defragmentation, Lean Systems and Putting Back Things Where They Belong

By Jon Miller - October 7th, 2008

Defragmentation: correcting existing fragmentation by reorganizing files and free space back into contiguous areas. Most of us have run the defragmentation tool on our computer hard drives. If you never have, you may want to do it now.

Part 1 of Q&A with Mark Graban, Author of Lean Hospitals

By Jon Miller - October 6th, 2008

This is the first part of our question & answer session with Mark Graban, author of Lean Hospitals. Mark has been kind enough to take the time to give us thoughtful and in-depth answers. Here is the first installment of 8, with 12

4 Hour Workweek versus Working Your Face Off

By Ron Pereira - October 5th, 2008

With all the news of our struggling economy (in America) and massive bail outs I couldn’t help but think of two people – Tim Ferris, author of The Four Hour Workweek and Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV fame. Four Hour Dream is B

Q&A with Mark Graban, Author of Lean Hospitals

By Jon Miller - October 3rd, 2008

Whenever we can use kaizen to improve not only our economy but the other pillars of a whole society such as education or healthcare, we are truly blessed. Next week we will be learning a lot about how hospitals are applying lean manage

Jeffrety Gitomer Tears a Few Pages from Toyota's Playbook

By Jon Miller - October 2nd, 2008

Today I want to share with you something that came in the weekly e-mail from sales guru Jeffrey Gitomer. I don’t love sales nearly enough to put into practice everything Mr. Gitomer has to teach, but his passion and insights are

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